An invasion of Ukraine would engage Russia in a "
violent and bloody
"
conflict
and would amount to creating "
a new Chechnya
", a Russian republic in the Caucasus the scene of deadly interventions by the Russian army, British Prime Minister Boris warned on Monday. Johnson.
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"
We need to get the message across that invading Ukraine, from a Russian point of view, will be painful, violent and bloody and I think it's very important that Russia understands that this could be a new Chechnya
," said the Conservative leader on British television.